Who's Talking

D.G.Martin is smart. He is a retired lawyer, Green Beret, athlete,and democratic politician. He can talk about anything and everything, and does he ever. Above all, D.G. is curious. Curious about his guest and curious to learn from them.

March 21, 2015

Holly LeCraw, a former student of Hillsborough author Jill McCorkle, joins D.G. to talk about her new book, “The Half Brother,” a passionate, provocative story of a complex family and its bonds, as well as the search for its identity set within the ivy-covered walls of a New England Boarding School. She also talks about her successful first novel “The Swimming Pool.”

March 7, 2015

Tom Maxwell, writer and musician, and author of “Hell: My Life in the Squirrel Nut Zippers,” talks about his upcoming workshop about creative nonfiction. It’s called “Narrative Truth vs. Historical Truth” and will be held at the North Carolina Writers’ Network at the 2015 Spring Conference on Saturday, April 18 at UNC-Greensboro.

February 21, 2015

“Willis Wichard, the only person in the history of North Carolina to serve in both houses of the Legislature , the Court of Appeals and the state Supreme Court. He’s now writing a book about former Governor and University President David Swain…”

February 20, 2015

Trudier Harris, a former English Professor at the University of Alabama and a former Professor at UNC, joins D.G. Martin to talk about her new book Martin Luther King Jr., Heroism, and African American Literature.

February 8, 2015

Phil Klay, veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps who served in Iraq’s Anbar Province from January 2007 to February 2008 as a Public Affairs Officer and author of “Redeployment,” about the stories in his book and what they show about the human costs of the War in Iraq.

February 7, 2015

Doug McCullough, Currently North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge and formerly a federal prosecutor directly involved in the pursuit and prosecution of the principal players in the largest drug smuggling ring in US history, and author of “Sea of Greed” about an inside story of bringing drug kingpins and low-level operatives to justice. www.seeofgreedbook.com

February 1, 2015

Brent Lane, UNC Adjunct Professor of Heritage Economics and board member of the First Colony Foundation., about how two small patches layered atop the map intrigued him and led to importance evidence in the search for the Lost Colony .

January 31, 2015

Josh Bryan, recent MBA graduate of UNC’s Kenan Flagler Business School, now thanks to Kickstart financing, CEO of HeroMe a special kind of toymaker, about how he and his wife Annie made their HeroMe project come to life.

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